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“What am I going to do?” A veteran teacher's journey of teaching writing to newcomer English language learners
Author(s) -
Andrei Elena,
Ellerbe Marcie,
Kidd Brenda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tesol journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1949-3533
pISSN - 1056-7941
DOI - 10.1002/tesj.413
Subject(s) - pedagogy , presentation (obstetrics) , english language , psychology , the arts , mathematics education , qualitative research , teaching english , sociology , visual arts , art , medicine , social science , radiology
This study looks at the reflections on successes and challenges of an English language arts ( ELA ) veteran teacher on teaching writing to two newcomer English language learners ( ELL s). The research questions are as follows: (1) What does the veteran ELA teacher identify as challenges and successes in her reflections on teaching writing to two newcomer ELL s? (2) What does the veteran ELA teacher identify as new learnings about teaching ELL s in her reflections on teaching writing to two newcomer ELL s? Data consisted of documents the teacher submitted as part of an independent study: a journal, a presentation, and an essay. The themes identified during qualitative analysis of the data highlight the challenges and successes of specific classroom activities and strategies and their effect on ELL progress and on the teacher's self‐assessment.